Can't load project after pulling: "Expected 'ENCODING' but found 'utf-8'."
It appears there were some unclosed tags in my .csproject file.
Strangely though, the error above was reported instead.
Look at your .csproj extension file search for: <<<<<< or ====== or >>>>>>>> and remove it.
also check your web.config file for those symbols and remove them too if they exist there.
I had the same issue, I was just missing a closing tag.
http://www.w3schools.com/xml/xml_validator.asp < try this
edit - Try to open your .csproj in an editor and look for the missing tags. You can do this via Visual Studio if you unload your project then edit your project.